Re: What exactly is a 'record' in Ada 95?

[matthias_k <nospam@digitalraid.com>]

Marc A. Criley wrote:
> "matthias_k" <nospam@digitalraid.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have to do some research for university about the Ada language,
>>but I have to learn it from scratch. There's a good chance that
>>I will be here over the next couple weeks asking questions about
>>things that may be trivial for an experienced Ada programmer --
>>deal with it :)
>>
>>So, what is a 'record' in Ada? Do I have to think about it like
>>a struct in C? It seems to serve the same purpose. Is 'record' the
>>only type modifier? Where are the differences?
> 
> 
> While we'll be glad to help answer your questions, I think you'll be
> ill-served if you attempt to learn about the language by posting disjoint
> questions about the various syntactic and semantic pieces that define it.
> 
> I'd encourage you to take just a few hours to go over some on-line Ada
> training material to give you a coherent overview of the language, and then
> we'll help in those areas in which you have questions or need to have the
> blanks filled in. A basic understanding of the language on your part will
> help give us some common understanding and terminology that will help in
> your research.
> 
> So here's a pointer to a collection of on-line Ada resources, which includes
> both complete books and tutorials: www.adapower.com/learn
> 
> Come back soon!
> 
> Marc A. Criley
> McKae Technologies
> www.mckae.com
> 
> 

Yes, of course I am reading several guides and ebooks about Ada. I'm 
currently working through "Ada Distilled" by Richard Riehle and Barne's 
"Overview of the Ada Language". It's just that the 'record' keyword was 
mentioned early in the books but wasn't clearly explained. I won't be 
asking about every single keyword, no worries :)

Tanks for that link by the way.